Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to testify
Participle: testified
Gerund: testifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | testify |
| you | testify |
| he;she;it | testifies |
| we | testify |
| you | testify |
| they | testify |
Perfect
| I | have testified |
| you | have testified |
| he;she;it | has testified |
| we | have testified |
| you | have testified |
| they | have testified |
Past
| I | testified |
| you | testified |
| he;she;it | testified |
| we | testified |
| you | testified |
| they | testified |
Pluperfect
| I | had testified |
| you | had testified |
| he;she;it | had testified |
| we | had testified |
| you | had testified |
| they | had testified |
Future
| I | will testify |
| you | will testify |
| he;she;it | will testify |
| we | will testify |
| you | will testify |
| they | will testify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have testified |
| you | will have testified |
| he;she;it | will have testified |
| we | will have testified |
| you | will have testified |
| they | will have testified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | testify |
| you | testify |
| he;she;it | testify |
| we | testify |
| you | testify |
| they | testify |
Perfect
| I | have testified |
| you | have testified |
| he;she;it | have testified |
| we | have testified |
| you | have testified |
| they | have testified |
Imperfect
| I | testified |
| you | testified |
| he;she;it | testified |
| we | testified |
| you | testified |
| they | testified |
Pluperfect
| I | had testified |
| you | had testified |
| he;she;it | had testified |
| we | had testified |
| you | had testified |
| they | had testified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would testify |
| you | would testify |
| he;she;it | would testify |
| we | would testify |
| you | would testify |
| they | would testify |
Perfect
| I | would have testified |
| you | would have testified |
| he;she;it | would have testified |
| we | would have testified |
| you | would have testified |
| they | would have testified |
Imperative
| you | testify |
| we | Let's testify |
| you | testify |
Verbs conjugated like 'testify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'testify'
pestify,
beastify,
beatify,
certify,
justify,
mistify,
mystify,
neatify,
netify,
rectify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- affirm
- attest, swear, warrant, certify, point
- prove
- demonstrate, indicate, argue
Antonyms
- affirm
- contradict, deny, dispute, oppose
- prove
- disprove, refute, deny, neutralize
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1377, "to serve as evidence of," from L.
testificari "bear witness," from
testis "witness" (see testament) + root of
facere "to make" (see factitious). Biblical sense of "openly profess one's faith and devotion" is attested from 1526.
2. PIE word
3. *tréyes
4. From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy. See: Latin '
testificor'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] to those men who, by the peaceful exercise of great abilities, shed new charms and associations upon the homes of their countrymen, and elevate their character in other lands, was most earnestly testified by their reception of Washington Irving, my dear friend, who had recently been appointed Minister at the court of Spain, and who was among them that night, in his new character, for the first and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] as possible, ‘because the steamboats generally blew up forward. ’ Nor was this an unnecessary caution, as the occurrence and circumstances of more than one such fatality during our stay sufficiently testified. Apart from this source of self-congratulation, it was an unspeakable relief to have any place, no matter how confined, where one could be alone: and as the row of little chambers of which this was [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] on education, these are left far away in the rear, yet it is an undisputed fact that our grandmothers raised some tolerably fair men and women under this regime, as many of us can remember and testify. At all events, Miss Ophelia knew of nothing else to do; and, therefore, applied her mind to her heathen with the best diligence she could command.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] five years, body and soul, under this man's foot; and I hate him as I do the devil ! Here you are, on a lone plantation, ten miles from any other, in the swamps; not a white person here, who could testify, if you were burned alive,—if you were scalded, cut into inch-pieces, set up for the dogs to tear, or hung up and whipped to death. There's no law here, of God or man, that can do you, or any one of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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That the tragical fate of Tom, also, has too many times had its parallel, there are living witnesses, all over our land, to testify. Let it be remembered that in all southern states it is a principle of jurisprudence that no person of colored lineage can testify in a suit against a white, and it will be easy to see that [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] parallel, there are living witnesses, all over our land, to testify. Let it be remembered that in all southern states it is a principle of jurisprudence that no person of colored lineage can testify in a suit against a white, and it will be easy to see that such a case may occur, wherever there is a man whose passions outweigh his interests, and a slave who has manhood or principle enough to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)